John-Bipasha split, Rani engaged! Oops, just kidding!

So, here’s the deal: media has been way out of proportion lately as far as the Indian film industry is concerned. There are so many “journalists” (the quotation marks are to emphasis the fact that a lot of people today claim to be journalists when they know nothing about the media or its ethics) that constantly come up with news that is nowhere close to being true. Reporters from different magazines, newspaper or television channels come up with untrue news stories because they want their particular magazine/newspaper or channel to be number one and that pursuit gives rise to a bunch of false allegations or link-ups.

There have been reports about how John Abraham and Bipasha Basu are going to end their relationship soon. Where did this news originate from? Just because a “source” told some “journalist” that John and Bipasha haven’t been able to talk on the phone because of their hectic schedules doesn’t mean that they’re breaking up. All it means is that they have been busy of late. The media looks into everything too much, which ends up in a blown up controversy. Channels and newspapers even went on to saying that Bipasha is dating Saif Ali Khan, for the mere reason that he’s single and John is dating some model that he’s working with. This is what John had to say about this news: “All is fine between us. I wish people would let us preserve the sanctity of our relationship.” And Bipasha’s reaction: “Let them say what they want. I love only John, and no one else.” I think some “journalists” should relearn some of the ethics and rules of journalism. A reporter must and I repeat, must gather real sources and at least three of them, to prove his/her point. It’s a shame that the media these days is so loose about having any sources backing up what it reports. It’s up to the so-called journalists to have or not have a quote in their articles and even if they do have a quote, it’s from “a reliable source” who “chooses to be anonymous.” How do I even know there is a source?

The latest buzz all over the internet/newspapers and channels was that Rani Mukherjee and Aditya Chopra are engaged to each other. There were all kinds of stories about how Rani is the reason behind Aditya’s divorce with his ex-wife Payal and how his mom is not happy with Aditya and Rani’s relationship. The media even went on to claiming that Yash Chopra had asked Aditya Chopra to “move out of the business.” After one day of all this, the media reports the next day that what seemed like Rani and Aditya’s engagement was only a scene being shot for a Yash Raj movie, Laga Chunari Mein Dag. How ridiculous is that? I would assume that before reporting a big news such as this one, the “journalists” would have at least checked if it was true or not. But it seems like being on top means more to them than coming out with the truth. But isn’t that supposedly the media’s job? To come out with the truth and the real truth. Rumors and gossips should be left for the saas bahu serials.

The media is getting less reliable as the days pass and it reports news without even checking the authenticity of it.  Is media to be believed? I mean, tomorrow they will report that a certain actor has killed himself (and it has happened before) and two days later they’ll say that they were just kidding. I don’t think that’s media in its real sense and I hope that this will change in the days/months or years to come. Hope is what the world lives on, right?